Grade 3 Quiz Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences – L.3.1.I

The standard CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1.I focuses on students’ ability to produce different types of sentences: simple, compound, and complex. A simple sentence has one independent clause, a compound sentence has at least two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction or semicolon, and a complex sentence has one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.